Adding milk to tea can blocks its beneficial effects, potentially explaining why green tea drinkers appear better protected than consumers of black tea.

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If that’s what one plant can do, imagine the effects of a whole diet centered around plant foods. That’s the subject of my next video, Plant-Based Diets and Artery Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant-based-diets-and-artery-function).

Be careful about green tea from China if you eat the leaves. See Lead Contamination of Tea (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/lead-contamination-of-tea).

Other tea questions you might have answered:
• Is Caffeinated Tea Dehydrating? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-caffeinated-tea-dehydrating/)
• What’s the Best Mouthwash? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/whats-the-best-mouthwash/)
• Is There Too Much Aluminum in Tea? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-there-too-much-aluminum-in-tea)

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/tea-and-artery-function and he'll try to answer it!

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